(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-08-31 23:18

FUZHOU -- A killing spree suspect was nabbed in southeast China's Fujian Province, said local police on Friday.

Chen Jinchun, 37, was caught on a hill near Raoba village of Jianyang city in north Fujian at 6:30 pm Friday. He was accused of slaying two people in 2000 and stabbing four others to death, including two children, and injuring one in the nearby Shaowu city's Nakou town on August 13.

Police posted a reward of 50,000 yuan (US$6,578.9) to capture Chen.

More than a hundred villagers volunteered to search the hill where Chen was supposed to hide himself.

Chen was caught when he was trying to run down the hill and flee away.